...Welcome to the world of dreams! The ones we will make these days are special dreams, we don't close our eyes to see them. On the contrary, our eyes have to be wide open, as well as our ears, our mouths, our minds! These dreams demand that we 06... look carefully to catch the details of somebody else's lives, that we listen attentively to tales from far regions, that we express our own opinions and, maybe the most difficult challenge, that we open our minds to understand unknown worlds. They tell us that this is after all our World, this is our Europe, even UROPE if sometimes we are to small to comprehend the E whole complexity of it. These very particular dreams call us to act, to change reality. Shooting Europe - the European Short Film Festival has the ambitious aim to take you to a trip through these dreams, but with reality as final desti- nation, to encourage us to take the challenge and to do our part. Some of the people involved in Shooting HOOTING Europe dream in images. This is quite new within AEGEE. Some others dream with words and con- S cepts. It is not important how you dream: we hope to that you will enjoy the trip and take many souvenirs back home: images, words and actions! Before boarding I would like to thank our sponsors and supporters, who gave us the wings to elcome let our dreams fly. And of course I would like to thank W You who are reading these pages, getting ready to start. I am sure that all of us will leave this festival richer and charged with enthusiasm, because this is not just a film festival, this is AEGEE's very own film festival. Have a nice trip! On behalf of the Project Team Benedetta Severi Welcome by the Mayor of Karlsruhe.................................3 Welcome by the President of the University......................4 Welcome by AEGEE-Europe.............................................5 Welcome by AEGEE Karlsruhe..........................................6 contents Shooting Europe! The European Short Film Festival.........7 of The Programme.................................................................8 Thu May 25th, 2006 Cultural Differences in Dialogue.......9 Feature Film: Let’s break..................................................10 able The Short Films in Competition........................................11 T Fri May 26th, 2006 Human Rights....................................17 Feature Film: 89 mm........................................................18 The Short Films in Competition........................................19 Sat May 27th, 2006 My Europe........................................24 Feature Film: Reality Shock.............................................25 The Short Films in Competition........................................26 All Films........................................................................32 and their Directors.........................................................33 The Jury............................................................................34 The Prize..........................................................................35 The Team.........................................................................36 AEGEE-Europe and AEGEE-Karlsruhe............................37 Partners and Supporters..................................................38 Warm Thanx To................................................................40 This catalogue is the official publication of the European Short Film Festival Shooting Europe 2006. Publisher: Shooting Europe 2006 Project Team;Layout: Benedetta Severi, Carmen Tofeni; Text: Jovan Djerich, Tobias Kunow, Jürgen Tobisch, Carmen Tofeni; Translations: Tobias Gefäller; Proof-reading: Tobias Kunow, Jürgen Tobisch, Carmen Tofeni, Matthias Weber, Alistair De Gaetano. Print: Multipress W. Jaworski, G. Wodecki; The copyright remains with the Publisher if not stated otherwise. Contact:’Shooting Europe!’, AEGEE Karlsruhe e.V., c/o UStA, Adenauerring 7, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany “And – Action!” – for the European Short Film Festival Shooting Europe, which we are happy to host in Karlsruhe for the second time. This year, the focus leads us to contributions from talented young directors from Central and Eastern Europe. With an emphasis on “Human Rights”, “Cultural Differences in Dialogue” and “My Europe”, the festival is inspired by recent and central themes of living together in Karlsruhe Europe – themes we deal with almost every day. With the movies contributed, both professional film makers as well of as amateurs from several countries show us different views and perspectives. They reflect the cultural diversity in Europe and offer us an invitation for meditation, discus- sion and exchange of ideas. Especially today it is crucial to promote tolerance and a bilateral understanding of cultural Mayor differences. In order to foster the intercultural dialogue, we have to understand our European neighbours better and embrace the cultural differences and diversity in Europe as an enrichment for all of us. I would like to thank the organisation committee of by the the international student organisation AEGEE for their vol- untary commitment as well as the partners and sponsors of the festival. I want to wish the organisers and the visitors of the festival a great time with intensive, inspiring and informative films, conversations and elcome encounters as well as a grand success for W the festival as a whole. As the German “Seat of Justice”, the city of Karlsruhe is looking forward to the second edition of the Short Film Festival Shooting Europe! Ullrich Eidenmüller Mayor of the city of Karlsruhe 3 Welcome to Karlsruhe and to the second Shooting Europe Short Film Festival. There could be no better place for this festival. Our university, known as the “Universität Fridericiana zu Karlsruhe (TH)”, is internationally posi- tioned as one of the most excellent research universites. Innovation is one of our main qualities. This is a link to this festival which presents the cutting-edge techniques and University ideas of young film-makers. Every year many students from abroad come to study at the Fridericiana. Therefore it is quite necessary to of the have student organisations like AEGEE which look after the foreign students and help them to find their way around. AEGEE Karlsruhe has over 60 members and I am happy to see that everybody is so committed, because it is quite necessary not only to work on your study but to enable your social and cultural skills. This year AEGEE President Karlsruhe organizes the festival Shooting Europe for the second time – especially with regard to their other activities like e.g. the summer university this is a striking of the broad interest of our stu- dents. Moreover, in organizing the festival by the AEGEE works in practice for a vision we all share: A united Europe, open to other cultures and perspectives of lives. Prof. Dr. sc. tech. Horst Hippler elcome President of University of Karlsruhe (TH) W 4 Movies are the modern mirror of our lives, certified historians of our presence and reflection of humanity. Now more than ever the independent movies made by young people are reflecting our daily routine and reminding us con- stantly of the internal conflicts that we live as individuals, and their power to change the world that surrounds us. For the second year, AEGEE is organizing the Shooting Europe Short Film Festival to enable young artists from all over the European continent to assemble in one place and with creativity to contribute to our society. It AEGEE-Europe was not by chance that the three main categories were chosen to reflect the difference of the European continent. by Still we have countries violating even basic human rights, human trafficking, closed borders, terrorist attacks. We face the biggest political unification of Europe in present history, ongoing process, but did we face the cultural dif- ferences and misunderstandings that occurred in this process? What do we want Europe to become, do we have elcome a solid platform of discussion, are we showing enough matu- rity and moreover are we prepared for the next steps that will W follow. As I stated above, movies are the most direct and graphic tool of expression of a young individual. Chance has to be given to young people to express their opinion and AEGEE is offering the platform trough this movie festival. The show has started and now it has to continue, its up to us not just to sit in the audience with popcorn, but jump in the screen and become an active component of the 3D movie that we are living in – Europe. Leon Bakraceski President of AEGEE-Europe 5 AEGEE-Karlsruhe is proud to present you the sec- ond edition of Shooting Europe - The European Short Film Festival and welcomes warmly all participants and visitors. Last year, the Short Film Festival asked young moviemakers for the first time particularly about their reflections in respect of human rights, on the encounters of different cultures and about their reflections on Europe today. A lot of professional and ambitious moviemakers all over the continent answered that call and made Shooting Europe a great success. This year as well, Shooting Europe offers a plat- AEGEE-Karlsruhe form for young Europeans to discuss these important issues. At the same time AEGEE is able to transfer its by ideas and its meaning to a large audience outside of our organisation. This is a great opportunity for AEGEE to develop and to increase its presence in society. Again, the very intensive and good cooperation between the European organizing team and AEGEE- elcome